France looses more in 1871

What would the consequences be if France was forced to give up the French Basque Country and Algeria to Spain, Corsica to Italy, Brittany to independence and some overseas departments to Germany as well as Alsace Loraine at the end of the Franco-Prussian war?
 
I don't think the extent of the German victory would make this possible, let alone practicable. But assuming that this was actually enforced, it would mark a departure from traditional modes of warfare. Prussia has made it clear that war is a matter of national survival now. The nineteenth century doesn't really have a word for 'rogue state', but it would come up with one at this point.

Realistically, intervention by other powers before the ink is dry. Similar to what happened at St Stefano.
 
Absolutely- intervention by the other Great Powers. It was one thing to see the French defeated decisively- or even humiliated.
This, though, would be nothing less than the total dismantling of one of the pillars of the European power system by upstart Prussians (good luck with any legitimacy for a German Empire ITTL). It would be a statement by Berlin that they did not want to defeat their enemies, they wanted to destroy them.
Moreover, given the resistance to the initial peace treaties in France OTL if it became known that the Germans were intent on ripping apart the state it seems likely that there would be Franc-Tireur activity on a far greater scale.
Russia, Britain and the Hapsburgs would have no choice but to mobilise against the Germans. With their army pinned down in the west by the remnants of the French forces and guerillas, the Germans couldn't hope to win on the other fronts.
The smaller states would begin melting away a la the end of Napoleon's empire- Bavaria and Baden would suddenly find reasons to align with Vienna.
Instead of a German victory, the abortive settlement destroys Prussian dreams of unification and goes down as one of the greatest diplomatic debacles of all time.
 

Anaxagoras

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This might also cause such an upsurge of rage and patriotism among the French than one of the monarchical parties (though not the Bonapartists) would be able to rally sufficient strength to place their man on the throne as a symbol of national unity.
 
It would be a statement by Berlin that they did not want to defeat their enemies, they wanted to destroy them.

Considering that France started that war, Berlin would be justified in wanting to destroy it. Prussia would not be absorbing all the territory but would be giving some of them to other powers.
 
France eventually becomes the Poland of Western Europe disappearing from the map after the next war in which they attempt to regain territory
 
It seems that in the European capitals, many powers were stunned by the quick German victory and taken by surprise. Interestingly, Bismarck wanted Italy to take Nice and Savoy back. His hope was to reduce France as a great power. On 27 July 1870 he did state that he saw an "advantage from seeing Italy's power increased". Giuseppe Mazzini in May of 1871 did press the Italians to take Nice and Savoy. Also, in March of 1871 a delegation of Corsicans arrived in Florence to meet with Italian deputies hoping to be incorporated into the new Italy. If Italy wants to begin colonial expansion, they can take the department of Constantine in Algeria. It had more Italians and Maltese than French Europeans.

As for Spain, the country was probably in too much turmoil at the time to even fathom intervening. In late November of 1870, Amadeo the Duke of Aosta arrived in Cartagena as the new King. Amadeo was not a very popular king at first, so perhaps to drum up popular support he enters the war against France in December. The French were all but defeated by that time, and it could be a good way for Amadeo to get the support of the conservatives. Oran would probably be the main target, if they could take that portion of Algeria. If they're really expansionist, they partition Algeria with Italy and take Algiers too, there were fewer than 90,000 French in Algeria at the time, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Perhaps Roussillon too, as it had been part of Catalonia.
 
As for other powers intervening, its doubtful. Napoleon III had managed to make most people in Europe sympathize with the Germans. Disraeli himself stated in the House of Commons that the French deserved a "good chiding".

Even with the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the British press seemed to be pro-Prussian. Punch pointed out the French hypocrisy on Alsace and Lorraine stating that they should give Nice and Savoy back to Italy. Also, it seems that the British diplomats at the time would have not been against Italy joining the war.

One has to remember that in 1870-1871 although the balance of power in Europe was shifting, most British still saw France as their primary adversary. It appears that many seemed to enjoy seeing France taken down a bit. In fact by making Italy and Spain a little stronger at the expense of France would have been welcomed as those two powers would still be no match for Britain.
 
IMO Germany can't get more in Europe - Alsace and Lorraine (especially Alsace) were linguistically/ethnically mixed and had ping=ponged back and force between France and various German principalities for a long time. The monetary indemnity was pretty brutal, asking for more would simply have been pointless.

Where Germany could have made further demands were with various French colonial possessions. French Caribbean islands, and French Guyana would be out of bounds as the USA would be unhappy seeing a "new" European power have colonies in the western hemisphere. Some African colonies might be OK, it all depends on the UK as they might not be happy changing a French "neighbor" for a German one. French Polynesia might be very doable - given the small German navy in 1871 (and for the foreseeable future) the UK/RN would not see this as a threat, Germany had some Pacific bits, and in general it was far enough away to not upset any of the other major players.

Remember in 1871 political effort etc had to be expended to finish the unification of Germany, something some of the other European powers were less than thrilled about but could do nothing about. Overall it means that maximum German demands/acquisitions/reparations are based as much in what other European powers (UK, A-H, Russia) will be OK as what the French can be forced to give up.
 
As for other powers intervening, its doubtful. Napoleon III had managed to make most people in Europe sympathize with the Germans. Disraeli himself stated in the House of Commons that the French deserved a "good chiding".

Even with the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the British press seemed to be pro-Prussian. Punch pointed out the French hypocrisy on Alsace and Lorraine stating that they should give Nice and Savoy back to Italy. Also, it seems that the British diplomats at the time would have not been against Italy joining the war.

One has to remember that in 1870-1871 although the balance of power in Europe was shifting, most British still saw France as their primary adversary. It appears that many seemed to enjoy seeing France taken down a bit. In fact by making Italy and Spain a little stronger at the expense of France would have been welcomed as those two powers would still be no match for Britain.

Italy getting some chunks if it joined the war sounds reasonably plausible. Nobody loved France, after all. But the OP stipulates that France lose a large part of its colonial holding, including Algeria, the most valuable, to a non-belligerent power as well as having a significant chunk of its territory amputated into sham 'independeence' (Brittany is dead the moment Germany stops protecting it) and anothewr one added to a neutral country for no reason at all. It's a major violation of the way you do things.
 
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